Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The joint undertakings have three general objectives, in accordance with Article 4 of the SBA:
- strengthening and integrating the scientific, innovation and technological capacities and facilitating collaborative links,
- securing sustainability-driven global leadership and resilience of Union value chains in key technologies and industries and on developing and
- accelerating the uptake of innovative solutions throughout the Union addressing climate, environmental, health, digital and other global challenges.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
A KDT Innovation Action (IA) primarily consists of activities aiming at technology or method introduction, pilot lines, test beds, demonstrators, innovation pilots and zones of full-scale testing.
Detailed Call Description
A ‘technology or method introduction’ aims at the development, testing, and implementation of new technologies, tools or methods, which are a critical element of innovative products, which will be created in subsequent projects.
A ‘demonstration or pilot’ aims to validate the technical and economic viability of a new or improved technology, product, process, service or solution in an operational (or nearly operational) environment, whether industrial or otherwise, involving, where appropriate, a larger scale prototype or demonstrator.
A ‘market replication’ aims to support the first application/deployment in the market of an innovation that has already been demonstrated but not yet applied/deployed in the market due to market failures/barriers to uptake. ‘Market replication’ does not cover multiple applications in the market of an innovation that has already been applied successfully once in the market. ‘First’ means new at least to Europe or new at least to the application sector in question.
An IA proposal in KDT JU is characterized by one or more of the following:
- Execution by an industrial consortium that may consist of large enterprises and SMEs but also including universities, institutes, public organizations
- Using innovative technology
- Establishment of a new and realistic innovation environment connected with an industrial environment, such as:
- a pilot line facility capable of manufacturing
- a zone of full-scale testing
- a development of new processes or tools and their introduction in several domains the development of frameworks or platforms together with the usage of these frameworks or platforms in innovative products.
- Having a deployment plan leading to short to midterm economic value creation in Europe.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The maximum EU Contribution as percentage of the eligible cost for HORIZON-KDT-JU-2023-1-IA-Topic-1 is:
Large Enterprise (for profit non-SME) – 20%
SME (for profit SME) – 30%
University/Other (not for profit) – 35%
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Large Enterprises
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
- Trade Unions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In line with the Rules for Participation of Horizon Europe and the KDT JU Model Grant Agreement, participants are required to conclude a consortium agreement.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
Contact
Address:
White Atrium Building
Avenue de la Toison d’Or 56-60
1060 Βrussels
Belgium
Τelephone: 00 32 2 221 81 02
Email: enquiries@kdt-ju.europa.eu
(Publish Date: 13/03/2023-for internal use only)